This is part 5 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In our last post, we discussed how repentance differs from forgiveness, concluding: After posting that, Bruce Charlton posted an article where he discussed in his view of the role of repentance in the life and work of …
This is part 4 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. In the last part of the series, you may have missed something that I said: For those who believe that forgiveness is conditional, they believe that the condition required for forgiveness is repentance: the sinner must first …
“Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town“
On the topic of who you can trust… This is remarkably similar to the data tampering that the Tony Heller has long been describing regarding the long-term temperature record (see here). Which is to say, you cannot trust the data reported by government agencies or by “scientists.”
This is part 3 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. After only two posts in this series (part 1 and part 2), it has become obvious that many people are unfamiliar with these core concepts of Anabaptism that come directly and explicitly from the pages of scripture. …
This is part 2 of a series on forgiveness. See the index here. After I wrote “On Forgiveness” I saw this comment and I wanted to explain the problems it raises. Let’s talk about it point-by-point. Forgiving your brother or sister means that you release your claim to their sin-debt …
This is part 1 of a series. See the index here. What is forgiveness and what does it do? Despite many people reading the Bible regularly and closely, they still do not know. Consequently, how can one know when to forgive if they do not know what forgiveness is? The …
I’ve recently been musing over the topic of trust, as I wrote in “A Matter of Trust.” I wrote that on the same day that Bruce Charlton had posted his article entitled “Let me be clear – Traditional Christianity is now always and all-the-time dishonest.” But before I discuss it, …
Lately a lot of regular commenters have been getting their comments thrown into the spam brig unnecessarily. Late yesterday I activated a script that will automatically remove messages from the spam bin within a minute of them being posted. If your comments do not show up after sending them, just …
Ultimately, you have to trust someone, because no one can know everything they need to know. But, you can’t trust anyone on the internet. You really can’t. In meatspace you can form a relationship with a person and learn who they really are. You can tell if their words and …